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Energy efficiency and industrial output : the case of the iron and steel industry
Flues, Florens; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G.; Vögele, Stefan - 2013
The iron and steel industry is one of the most carbon emitting and energy consuming sectors in Europe. At the same time this sector is of high economic importance for the European Union. Therefore, while public environmental and energy policies target this sector, there is political concern that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225378
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Simple myths and basic maths about greening irrigation
Gómez, Carlos M. C.; Pérez-Blanco, Dionisio - 2015
Greening the economy is mostly about improving water governance and not only about putting the existing resource saving technical alternatives into practice. Focusing on the second and forgetting the first risks finishing with a highly efficient use of water services at the level of each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010476198
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The rebound effect and energy efficiency policy
Gillingham, Kenneth; Rapson, David; Wagner, Gernot - 2014
What do we know about the size of the rebound effect? Should we believe claims that energy efficiency improvements lead to an increase in energy use? This paper clarifies what the rebound effect is, and provides a guide for economists and policymakers interested in its magnitude. We describe how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010476449
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Free riding, upsizing, and energy efficiency incentives in Marylandhomes
Alberini, Anna; Gans, Will; Towe, Charles - 2013
We use a unique dataset that combines the responses from an original survey of households, information about the structural characteristics of their homes, utility-provided longitudinal electricity usage records, plus utility program participation information, to study the uptake of energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010189312
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Residential and industrial energy efficiency improvements: a dynamic general equilibrium analysis of the rebound effect
Kahouli, Sondes; Pautrel, Xavier - 2020
The aim of this paper is to investigate bi-directional spillovers into residential and industrial sectors induced by energy efficiency improvement (EEI) in both the short- and long-term, and the impact of nesting structure as well as the size of elasticities of substitution of production and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012383920
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The economic impact of the South-North water transfer project in China : a computable general equilibrium analysis
Berrittella, Maria (contributor);  … - 2006
Water resources are unevenly spread in China. Especially the basins of the Yellow, Hui and Hai rivers in the North are …. Using a computable general equilibrium model this study estimates the impact of the project on the economy of China and the … China’s capital investment in infrastructure for the water South-North water transfer project is analyzed. Finally, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003602935
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Impacts of border carbon adjustments on China’s sectoral emissions : simulations with a dynamic computable general equilibrium model
Bao, Qin; Tang, Ling; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Qiao, Han; … - 2011
(CGE) model to estimate the impacts of the BTAs implemented by US and EU on China's sectoral carbon emissions. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009419783
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Macroeconomic effects of an energy saving policy in the public sector
Quirion, Philippe - 2002
Nearly all the macroeconomic literature on environmental policies deals with taxes and tradable permits. A policy instrument that still needs to be looked at is a switch in government expenditure away from environmentally-damaging goods, in particular fossil fuels, and toward resource- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596305
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"Neighbors as competitors" or "neighbors as partners" : how does market segmentation affect regional energy efficiency in China?
Nie, Liang; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2019
Existing studies have focused on the negative impact of inefficient resource allocation on energy performance in China … impact of market segmentation on China's energy efficiency. The results show that although energy efficiency in the eastern … indicates that market segmentation is negative to China's energy efficiency significantly. This finding remains robust even if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123215
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Afforestation and timber management compliance strategies in climate policy : a computable general equilibrium analysis
Michetti, Melania; Nunes Rosa, Renato - 2011
This paper analyzes the role of afforestation-reforestation and timber management activities, and their major and secondary economic effects in stabilizing climate during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, with a Computable General Equilibrium framework, the ICES...
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